Mood
DR breaks as soon as people try to take +EV actions
This is the tragic reality of its existence
The only solution is to rapidly adapt to the decisions your players make and overcome their strategies with the wrenches you throw in
Today I woke up at like 4am on the opposite side of my bed, rolled over, and fell off my bed
+EV?
i am going to fall onto my head
Please do not
Have you considered not
Expected Value
Basically taking actions that help them win
you arent ALLOWED to care about me that is UNFAIR
Oh, what, is it against the rules? I know how you feel about rules
yeah okay that completely tracks and i 100% agree
i just think you should have rough guesses for systems that you adjust on the fly to make the whole thing feel like it makes internal sense in retrospect even if it doesn’t
that’s the essence of any semi-improvised magic trick
next youre gonna tell me i cant out my feet out the window to feel the breeze
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THE SAME THING
for me, I’m far more focused on the feel of logical consistency than I am on it actually happening, I just worry I don’t get that cross often enough
I feel like they should put me in a danganronpa to see how I react
its against the rules to [REDACTED]
Teehee
The most important thing is to give off the appearance of internal consistency, like 5th Edition does
That system fucking sucks when you look under the hood but its sheer clout and misinformation about it has effectively convinced thousands that the game works entirely differently than it actually does
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